#9BB42E#9BB42E

#9BB42E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.156 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB42E
RGB	rgb(155, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(71, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(71, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -26.13, 61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 66.44, 113.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0775 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.156 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3326, 39.8085, 8.6701)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB42E #472EB4

analogous

#B48A2E #9BB42E #58B42E

triadic

#9BB42E #2E9BB4 #B42E9B

tetradic

#9BB42E #2EB48A #472EB4 #B42E58

square

#9BB42E #2EB48A #472EB4 #B42E58

split-complementary

#9BB42E #2E58B4 #8A2EB4

monochromatic

#475315 #718322 #9BB42E #B9D24E #CCDE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#9BB42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#9BB42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB42E

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB42E	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0A911

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AA9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.156 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcca71',
    500: '#9bb42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb42e;
$custom-light: #bcca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.194,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72671,
    "c": 0.15584,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB42E

secondary

#8677C7

accent

#45E263

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB42E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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